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Actizera lucida (Rayed Blue)

Synonyms: Lycaena lucida (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Rayed Blue (Actizera lucida) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from eastern and southern Africa to Kenya. It is also found on Madagascar. In South Africa it is widespread from the West Cape to the Orange Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province. The wingspan is 15–23 mm for males and 17–25 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common in summer. The larvae feed on Oxalis, Argyrolobium, Rhynchosia and Crotolaria lanceolata.
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Prey / Diet

Oxalis bakeriana (creeping woodsorrel)[1]
Oxalis corniculata (creeping woodsorrel)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0